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Poem: The Force of Nature

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Walk through the meadow  full of honey-thick clover breathe in the scent  of flowers and greenery  in its most natural state  feel the power of the earth  right beneath your feet  the lines that run through every bit of land carry life wherever if flows it thrums with vitality  that is muted in the city  in a cage of brick and steel and concrete  but it strongly exists here
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Poem: The Old Diaries

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Good memories written in  hard-bound journals fill so many boxes in the attic left to gather dust as the years go by a time long ago a world so different from the one the children and grandchildren and great grandchildren take for granted sixty years  in black ink  with certain days  outlined in red
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Poem: Potential Energy

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Power in lightning: a brief flash  but in that single  moment in time  there is enough  to level a mountain at just the right height there is enough to light up a thousand lamps there is enough to make the night look like daytime but only if it is harnessed  to its greatest potential
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Poem: The Next Generation

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blown-away by the skill  the intelligence the empathy and the sheer  resourcefulness  of the young ones who come after us  they have lived a thousand lifetimes in their short time on this planet seen the best perhaps they  will be the ones  who save us after all
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Poem: After Hours

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A quiet hour  after everyone has gone to bed  the candle burns low  Though I am tired I cannot sleep the veneer of mother falls away it is the only time  to sit and contemplate  the events of the day  in complete silence
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Poem: Different Flavors of Story

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The muse  flings words  and they are  showering stories all over the world  each one takes  a different flavor depending on where they all land  but now  they all have  the same kind  of general theme
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Poem: Too Short a Season

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The shepherd  is struck  by melancholy as he looks over his sizable flock  lambs newly born  will grow up  to grace the plates  of an uncaring  bunch of nobles  but at least  they will know  love and care  in their brief  lifetimes
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